The Magic Stone

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The Magic Stone ★★½ Kilian's Chronicle 1995

Kilian is the 10th-century Irish slave of brutish Viking Ivar, who decides to sacrifice him to the Norse god Thor when the Vikings become lost while sailing off the North American coast. Kilian manages to escape and make it to shore where he's rescued by a Native American tribe and falls in love with local beauty, Turtle. But Ivar goes after Kilian to steal his magic stone, which can navigate a ship through the worst weather, and begins a Viking war with the tribe. 95m/C VHS . Christopher Johnson, Robert McDonough, Eva Kim, Jonah Ming Lee; D: Pamela Berger; W: Pamela Berger; C: John Hoover; M: R. Carlos Nakai, Bevan Manson.

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